Comments on: Don’t call her ‘aunty’

By: gtunivers

gtunivers — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 11:51:47 +0000

Ha… Ha… its nice article 4 fun… Funny

By: vinu thomas

vinu thomas — Mon, 31 May 2010 12:44:25 +0000

Hi everyone......

                 What about "uncle"? The same rules should be applied to men too..... Wonder how men in their late 20s & 30s would love to be called uncle by girls in thier teens and early 20s...hmmm..

By: hercullis

hercullis — Mon, 25 May 2009 21:31:13 +0000

03322921733 jahan tak insan ki sooch khatam ho jaey jahan tak insan key pyar ki sooch khatam ho jaey jahan sey insan socchna khatam ker dey . phir ho jaey . jahangir

By: neetu

neetu — Tue, 05 May 2009 19:31:45 +0000

For me, the anger behind the word ‘aunty’ is not so much about misappropriation of terms, but about the fear people feel about the process of aging. I think it we all were comfortable with the idea that we all age, and that aging can have negative consequences in our youth-obsessed society (only if we let it, though), then we would likely see the term aunty as a sign of respect.

By: DesktopFixture

DesktopFixture — Tue, 05 May 2009 19:24:05 +0000

And for all of those people who actually think it’s appropriate to call people names which they don’t like, they are being rather selfish and being against all ideals of polite behaviour.

By: DesktopFixture

DesktopFixture — Tue, 05 May 2009 19:13:35 +0000

Yeah, it’s very rude to call a fellow non-relative adult uncle or aunty. Saying Sir and Ma’am are appropriate. Indian youngsters think they are being polite in saying uncle or aunty but they are just being rude. Awareness about this should be spread.

By: Savita Bhabi

Savita Bhabi — Tue, 05 May 2009 07:04:04 +0000

Speaking of aunty, I had a few betas call me that today. Here’s what happened:

http://savitabhabhi.com/toon/english/2008/05/06/

By: Ghuriya

Ghuriya — Sun, 03 May 2009 04:37:47 +0000

I really didn't understand all the anger behind the article. I can't see myself calling an older Indian person by their first name and if they aren't in your family than the most respectful thing you can do is refer to them as auntie or uncle and let them know you're acknowledging their 'superior' position.

I am at a weird point though, at 22 am I transitioning away from calling others auntie to being called it myself? Maybe I'll feel differently when I am an auntie but I don't see that happening anytime soon, I don't feel like I deserve it yet.

By: Sebs

Sebs — Sat, 02 May 2009 19:47:27 +0000

Wow. I'm pretty surprised by all the outrage. I'm 24 and default to uncle and aunty for all older males and females in the Malayalee community, relatives or not.

Of course, I'm from Texas, so I also use ma'am and sir, both received well here. Only when I was in the north did I receive any shock or surprise by using ma'am.

Are they more upset about 1) I'm calling them aunty and I'm not her nephew, or 2) calling them aunty somehow reinforces and highlights the fact that she's not 20 anymore?

By: bindu

bindu — Sat, 02 May 2009 05:56:31 +0000

u can find women in their 45s with pink and brown lips calling 48 year old women auntys in kerala itself, a kind of pretention that by calling others aunties, they are feeling that they are ‘younger’ than others. some are calling others the same word auntie only to hurt them. for me people are always feeling happy by hurting and harrassing others.